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Microsoft Counts Down To XP Death

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the along-with-everyone-else dept.

mikejuk writes "Microsoft have just released an end-of-support countdown gadget that ticks off the days until XP is no longer supported — but it only runs under Vista or Windows 7! It focuses the mind on the fact that XP is being forcibly retired. It is a wake-up call to think hard about the unpleasant situation and consider the alternatives.So as you watch the count down to XP's death tick by think about the problems created by using software that actually belongs to someone else..."

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  1. holycost includes being well chilled while serving by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    we use more of the precious crusade generating carbonites that way (giving back), staying unfrozen, plus we smell/store better. are our rulers are overstocked with wizardry gifted onto them by the other fictional gods, or what. if there was discussion of disarmament, uncle sam would start blowing up even more stuff? senile? psycho? religion? what?